Strainer.



No. 892,551. I PATBNTED JULY 7,1908. F. M. I. RBEVB.

STRAINBR.

APPLIOATIGK 11.21) 001.11, 1907.

awe mugs FLORENCE M. I. REEVE, OF ELBOW LAKE, MINNESOTA.

STRAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 11, 1907.

Patented July 7, 1908.

Serial No. 397,018.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLORENCE M. I. REEVE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elbow Lake, in the county of Grant and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Strainer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to domestic strainers and has for its object to provide a comparatively simple and inexpensive device of this character especially designed for straining milk and W ich also may be used for straining fruit, syrup and the like when making jelly.

A further object of the invention is, to provide a strainer including an open ended receptacle or rim having a clamping band associated therewith for retaining the straining medium in position on the bottom of the receptacle whereby the same may be readily removed and cleaned when necessar A further object is to form the rim with laterally extending arms which, in conjunction with the operating handle serves to support the strainer in position on a bucket, tu or other suitable receptacle during the strainin operation.

A stil further object of the invention is to generally improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability and efliciency as well as to reduce the cost of manufacture.

Further objects and advantages will appear in the followin description, it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to withinthe scope of the ap ended claims.

In t e accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is a top plan view of a strainer constructed in accordance with my invention showing the same supported inposition on a receptacle. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fi 3 is a erspective view of the clamping band an its associated parts detached from the supporting rim.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor-- responding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

The improved device forming the subject matter of the present invention includes an 0 en ended receptacle or'annulus 5 prefera 1y formed of sheet metal and having its upper and lower edges bent laterally to form reinforcing beads 6 and 7.

Extending transversely across the bottom of the rim or annulus 5 is a stri of muslin, cheese-cloth or other suitable fa ric 8 which constitutes the filtering medium and. which is retained in osition on the rim 5 by means of a clam ing and 9. The clamping band 9 is refera bly formed of a single strip of metal aving its adjacent end over-lapped and pro-- vided with reinforcing brackets 10 terminatrods or wires 1 5 whic curve to conform to the shape of the band and have their intermediate portions soldered or otherwise ri idly secured thereto, as shown. One end 0 each rod or band 15 is bent laterally to form an angularly disposed sup orting finger 16 while the op o site ends of t e rods are united and exten ed rearwardly to form a shank 17 which enters the longitudinal bore of an operating handle 18. It will thus be seen that the-arms 16 in conjunction with the operating handle 18 serve to support the strainer in position on a bucket, all, tub or other suitable rece tacle during tlie straining operation. It also be observed that the rods 15 not only serve to reinforce and stren then the band 9 but by reason of their pec iar shape serve to exert a spring action on the split portion of the band and thus assist in retaining said band in position on the rim or annulus.

In usin the device for strainin milk or jelly the c eese cloth or other flexi 1e medium is extended across one end of the rim or annulus 5 after which the clamping band is laced over the exterior walls of the rim and lar bead 7, the wing nut 1 3 being subsequently adjusted so as to clamp the filtering medium,

in position on the rim. The strainer is then inverted and placed in position on a receptaorced in engagement with the lower annuole with the supporting fingers 16 and operating handle 18 resting on the upper edge thereof, as best shown in Fig. 1 of t e drawings. If desired, however, the strainer may be supported in the hand by grasping the op in connection with the strainer it will of course be understood that Wire gauze or netting may be substituted as a filtering medium if desired.

i From the foregoing description it Will be seen that there is provided an extremely simple, inexpensive and eflicient device admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in View.

' Having thus described the invention What is claimed is:

LA strainer including .a rim, a filtering medium extending transversely across one side of the rim, a split clamping band encircling the rhn and bearing against the filtering medium, rods secured to the Walls of the clamping band and having their free ends terminating in laterally extending supporting fingers, and means independent of the supporting fingers for clamping the band in engagement with the rim.

2. A strainer including a rim, a filtering medium extending transversely across the rim, a split clamping band encircling the rim and'bearing against the filtering medium,

spring rods secured to the clam ing band andeach having one end thereo extended laterally to form diverging supporting fingers, the opposite ends of the rods being united to reduce a shank, and a handle having a sec et formed therein for the reception of the shank.

3. A strainer including a supporting rim having its upper and lower edges provided with a reinforcing bead, a filtering medium extending transversely across one side of the rim, a split clamping band encircling the rim and bearing against the filtering medium, rods secured to the clamping band and terminatmg in diverging supporting fingers a handle secured to the band between said supportingfingers, and means independent of the fingers for clamping the band in engagement with the filtering medium.

4. A strainer including a supporting rim, a filtering medium extending across the bottom of the rim, a split clamping band encircling the rim and bearing against the filtering medium, the split end of said band being provided with laterally extending cars, a thread ed pm secured to one of the ears and extended through an opening in the adjacent ear, a nut engaging the threads on the pin for clamping the band in engagement with the filtering medium, diverging fingers extending laterally from the clamping band, in spaced relation to the ears and an operating handle carried by the band and disposed between the supporting fingers.

5. A strainer including a rim, a filtering medium extending transversely across the bottom of the rim, a vertically split clamping band encircling the rim and engaging the liltering medium, brackets secured to the split end of the band and provided with laterally extending cars, a threaded pin secured to one of the ears and extending through an opening in the adjacent car, a nut engaging the threads on the pin, spring rods secured to the exterior Walls of the clamping band and each having one end thereof extended laterally in spaced relation to the adj accnt ear to form diverging supporting fingers, the opposite ends of the rods being united and extended laterally to produce a shank, and an operating handle having a longitudinal opening formed therein for the reception of said shank In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

FLORENCE M. I. REEVE.

Witnesses:

E. T; Rani/E, R. J. STROMME. 

